Eye-gouge incident gets cold shoulder

[tdevil]

Cheetahs flanker Heinrich Brussow has escaped punishment des- pite grabbing at the eyes of Western Force winger Napolioni Nalaga in Saturday's Super Rugby clash.

Brussow made contact with Nalaga in the 52nd-minute incident as the Force battled on their line to stop the Cheetahs from scoring.

The incident in the Force's 17-13 loss in Bloemfontein went unnoticed by the match officials and SANZAR, Super Rugby's governing body, have not taken any action.

SANZAR chief executive Greg Peters said the independent process had been followed and the judicial officer had "not seen anything to cause him concern".

SANZAR rules say a club has four hours to lay a complaint.

Peters said the Force did not report the incident within the four hours anyway and there was no basis to extend the citing time.

SANZAR was still investigating another incident that left Force back-rower Matt Hodgson with concussion, unable to finish the game and in doubt for Saturday's clash with the Stormers in Durban.

Cheetahs second row Andries Ferreira was cited for foul play.

The performances of South Africa referee Stuart Berry, in his first Super game that left the Force on the wrong side of an 18-7 penalty count, and touch judge Stefan Breytenbach, who denied the Force a try that could have changed the game, are also being reviewed.

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[Tonkar]

Well everyone said that would be the out come... I am getting the feeling Wa is the piggy in the middle and every other club just like to throw tings around us... Or they feel the perth stop over was just to give the travelling players form the East SA and NZ a longer period between games...well lets just fleece them of there money and charge them heaps for facilities now

[The InnFORCEr]

The performances of South Africa referee Stuart Berry, in his first Super game that left the Force on the wrong side of an 18-7 penalty count, and touch judge Stefan Breytenbach, who denied the Force a try that could have changed the game, are also being reviewed.

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Interesting

[tdevil]

Cheetahs player Andries Ferreira will appear before a SANZAR judicial hearing after being cited for alleged foul play during a Super Rugby match at the weekend.

Ferreira is alleged to have contravened Law 10.4 (e) Dangerous Tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent dangerously. A tackle around the neck or head of an opponent is dangerous play, when he entered a breakdown to contest for the ball and bound onto Force player Matt Hodgson around the neck.

Ferreira then drove forward through the breakdown and flung Hodgson to the ground so he contacted the ground with his head, neck and shoulder.

The incident occurred in the 76th minute of the match between the Cheetahs and Force at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on May 5.

The Judicial Officer for the Hearing will be Jannie Lubbe SC which will be held by video conference on Tuesday, May 8 at 14:00 SA time.

[Scotty]

If SANZAR won't act, we'll have to arrange a Stone Cold shoulder to sort it out.